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The transverse energy distribution in16O-nucleus collisions at 60 and 200 GeV per nucleon

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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Transverse-energy distributions have been measured in the pseudorapidity region −0.1<η lab<2.9 for oxygen-nucleus collisions at incident energies of 60 and 200 GeV per nucleon for Al, Ag, and W target nuclei. The cross-section for the heaviest target nuclei at the highest incident energy is measured over 5 orders of magnitude and out to a maximumE T of 200 GeV. Measurements of the differential densitydE T/dη lab as a function ofη lab are presented. In the pseudorapidity region −0.1<η lab<2.9 the transverse energy for an average central collision is proportional to ≈A 0.5, while the fraction of the total transverse energy measured in an extended region ofη lab>2.9 decreases with increasingA. The distributions are compared with the predictions of a dual parton model. Finally the question of the energy density is addressed.

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  1. University of Bari and INFN, I-70100, Bari, Italy

    N. Armenise, M. T. Muciaccia & S. Simone

  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, NY, USA

    H. Kraner, D. Lissauer, T. Ludlam, L. Olsen, V. Polychronakos, D. Rahm & I. Stumer

  3. IIHE, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

    R. Roosen

  4. CERN, CH-1211, Geneva 23, Switzerland

    T. Åkesson, H. Atherton, H. Beker, D. Bettoni, H. Bøggild, K. Dederichs, H. En'yo, M. J. Esten, C. W. Fabjan, M. Faessler, M. A. Mazzoni, F. Piuz, G. Poulard, M. Price, J. Russ, J. Schukraft, M. Sekimoto, M. Seman, P. Shotton, H. Sletten, H. H. Thodberg, R. Wigmans & W. Willis

  5. Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    H. Bøggild

  6. University of Heidelberg, D-6900, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. W. Bartels, A. Dress, P. Fischer, P. Glässel, U. Goerlach, A. Hölscher, S. Huber, V. Kroh, M. Neubert, A. Pfeiffer, H. Ries, J. Soltani & H. J. Specht

  7. Los Alamos National Laborabry, Los Alamos, NM, USA

    N. Di Giacomo, H. van Hecke, B. Jacak, P. McGaughey, W. Sondheim & J. Sunier

  8. University of Lund, S-22362, Lund, Sweden

    S. Almehed, R. Haglund, V. Hedberg, G. Jarslkog, S. Johansson, B. Lörstad & U. Mjörnmark

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    P. Aubry, G. Beaudoin, J. M. Beaulieu, P. Depommier & A. Lounis

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HELIOS Collaboration., Åkesson, T., Almehed, S. et al. The transverse energy distribution in16O-nucleus collisions at 60 and 200 GeV per nucleon. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 38, 383–395 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01584386

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